tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6356363460965043698.post6647556695254757104..comments2023-12-24T00:52:24.736+00:00Comments on Jody Stowell: People of the BookJody Stowellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15534042687275254272noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6356363460965043698.post-65610855581482372572012-08-05T06:52:11.905+01:002012-08-05T06:52:11.905+01:00I was at a symposium a while back where the main s...I was at a symposium a while back where the main speaker said something I thought was really profound. He said, "Christians are not, strictly speaking, people of the book. Rather, we are people of a Person, the Person Jesus Christ." By contrast, I heard a speaker on a Christian radio program saying that if he had to choose between prayer and the Bible, he would have to choose the Bible. How can you choose a book about someone over an actual relationship with that person? Don't get me wrong, I have a very high view of Scripture, but I agree with you that 'God is beyond'. If He could be fully contained in the pages of the Bible, how great a God could we expect Him to be?Rob Scothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04072843841380642362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6356363460965043698.post-19955050430658052442012-04-24T04:52:23.845+01:002012-04-24T04:52:23.845+01:00I think the tone on Fulcrum, including attacks of ...I think the tone on Fulcrum, including attacks of assumption on you, is very regrettable and completely unnecessary. But if you allow the broken record technique to be used again and again, it boxes in what could be a better discussion. The repetition is telling. I come to this from the outside of course, but I'd assume some flexibility with the Bible rather than it being used as a book of indexed rules.Pluralist (Adrian Worsfold)https://www.blogger.com/profile/01922153724523820866noreply@blogger.com